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Bruckner from the Archives, Vol. 5

$29.99

Details

Composer
Anton Bruckner
Artist
NDR Symphony Orchestra, Wilma Lipp, Elisabeth Hongen, Nicolai Gedda, Vienna Singverein, Vienna Philh
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Nov 15, 2024
Catalog #
ARIADNE 5033-2
UPC
758871503327

About

SOMM Recordings continues it's six-volume Bruckner from the Archives series in celebration of the bicentennial of Anton Bruckner with the penultimate Volume 5, featuring his Sixth and Seventh Symphonies and the Te Deum. The series owes it's unprecedented success to SOMM Executive Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer, Lani Spahr. He conceived and designed the series in collaboration with Professor Ben Korstvedt, author of the authoritative notes, and John F. Berky, Executive Secretary of the Bruckner Society of America and Series Consultant. Bruckner thought of his Symphony No. 6 in A major (1881) as his boldest, his "sauciest," symphony. Sadly, it was not published during his lifetime, and he heard only the Adagio and Scherzo performed. When the first full performance was given by Gustav Mahler in 1899 and published that same year, it was with cuts and edits. The original version of Bruckner's score was not published until 1935, and this version is performed here in a 1961 recording with Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Symphony No. 7 in E major (1885) provided Bruckner with his public breakthrough. The first performance in Leipzig came just over a year after it's completion, and the second performance the following year was even more warmly received by Munich's music lovers. The Bavarian King, Ludwig II, was so impressed with the symphony that he financed it's immediate publication. By the late 1880s, Bruckner's Seventh was being widely performed, from Amsterdam and Berlin to New York and Chicago. The performance of the symphony included here is a 1955 recording by what was then the South German Radio Symphony (now the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra) led by their long-time music director, Hans Muller-Kray. Anton Bruckner was a devoutly religious man, and he composed his Te Deum (1884) "out of gratitude to God." The work being contemporaneous with his Seventh Symphony, elements of Bruckner's mature symphonic style find their way into this sacred text. It received it's first full performance at the Vienna Musikverein in 1886, and the recording on this release was made in that same hall in 1962, during a concert celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. The performance features Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Singverein.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Maestoso 15:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Maestoso
    Duration
    15:46
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph von Dohnányi
  3. 2 II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich 18:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich
    Duration
    18:01
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph von Dohnányi
  4. 3 III. Scherzo: Nicht schnell - Trio: Langsam 09:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Nicht schnell - Trio: Langsam
    Duration
    09:16
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph von Dohnányi
  5. 4 IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell 14:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
    Duration
    14:58
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    NDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Christoph von Dohnányi
  6. 5 Te Deum laudamus 06:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    Te Deum laudamus
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Performer
    Wilma Lipp, Elisabeth Höngen, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Kreppel
    Ensemble
    Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Herbert von Karajan
  7. 6 Te ergo quaesumus 02:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    Te ergo quaesumus
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Performer
    Nicolai Gedda
    Ensemble
    Vienna Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Herbert von Karajan
  8. 7 Aeterna fac 01:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    Aeterna fac
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Herbert von Karajan
  9. 8 Salvum fac populum tuum 06:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    Salvum fac populum tuum
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Performer
    Nicolai Gedda, Walter Kreppel
    Ensemble
    Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Herbert von Karajan
  10. 9 In te Domine speravi 06:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    In te Domine speravi
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Performer
    Wilma Lipp, Elisabeth Höngen, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Kreppel
    Ensemble
    Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic
    Conductor
    Herbert von Karajan
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 I. Allegro moderato 18:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    18:12
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Hans Müller-Kray
  13. 2 II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam 22:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
    Duration
    22:05
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Hans Müller-Kray
  14. 3 III. Scherzo: Sehr schnell 09:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Sehr schnell
    Duration
    09:00
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Hans Müller-Kray
  15. 4 IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht schnell 11:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht schnell
    Duration
    11:43
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Hans Müller-Kray